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Past tense of shout

regular verb

The past tense of shout is shouted. The past participle is also shouted.

Forms of shout

Base form (V1)shout /ʃaʊt/
Past tense (V2)shouted /ˈʃaʊtɪd/
Past participle (V3)shouted /ˈʃaʊtɪd/
Present participleshouting /ˈʃaʊtɪŋ/
Third person singularshouts /ʃaʊts/

Shouted in a sentence

  • Mom shouted to us to come sit at the table.
  • They shouted his name to get his attention.
  • The crowd wanted to track to be played again, so they shouted out "Wheel it".From the entry wheel
  • "Surprise!" we shouted as we jumped out from the cupboard. "Happy birthday!"From the entry surprise
  • I shouted, but he didn’t take a blind bit of notice.From the entry blind

Meaning of shout

  1. noun A loud burst of voice or voices; a violent and sudden outcry, especially that of a multitude expressing joy, triumph, exultation, anger, or great effort.
  2. noun A round of drinks in a pub; the turn to pay the shot or scot; an act of paying for a round of drinks.
  3. noun A call-out for an emergency services team.

Full definition of shout

Questions about the past tense of shout

What is the past tense of shout?
The past tense of shout is shouted.
What is the past participle of shout?
The past participle of shout is shouted.
Is shout a regular or irregular verb?
Shout is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shout (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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